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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 14, 
Power at Low Cost 
Kerosene as Fuel 
H ERE is Power for you that can always be relied 
upon. The Colton Modem Kerosene Engine is 
the most economical, simplest and most reliable 
Farm Power Plant yet invented. Its many new im¬ 
proved patented features are most valuable and are 
not found on any other engine. Power is constant, 
speed regulated without stopping engine—adjusts 
itself instantly to any overload—no cranking to 
start it. 
Let this wonderful engine demonstrate its unusual 
value to you. Connect it to your water system, 
lighting system, pumps or any other machinery. If 
it doesn t prove a great money and labor saver, 
return it and get your money back. 
The Colton operates perfectly on kerosene, the 
most economical and satisfactory fueL Kerosene can 
be purchased anywhere at about half the cost of gaso¬ 
line, is much safer to handle and gives more power, 
allon for gallon, than gasoline. Gasoline, alcohol, 
istiilate, and other fusel oils may also be used. 
POSITIVE, UNCONDITIONAL GUARANTY 
Every Colton is sold under a positive, unqualified 
r uarantee to give satifaetory service or money re- 
unded. Our company has been established 27 years' 
You need an engine on your farm—so investigate 
the Colton—the latest 
development? in en¬ 
gine building. 
Get it on trial and 
compare its simple, 
compact construction, 
superior quality ma¬ 
terials and high grade 
workmanship. You 
will see it operate with 
less attention and fur¬ 
nishes more power per 
rating than any en¬ 
gine you ever' saw. 
Send for free engine 
book at once. 
Arthur Colton Co. 
701 Brush Street 
DETROIT . . MICH. 
MIDDLEDITCH Kerosene 
ENGINES 
Operate perfectly on common 
coal oil, gasoline, distillate, 
alcohol or any similar liquid 
fuel. Our catalog explains 
■why this is safest, simplest, 
most economical and prac¬ 
tical power. 
Genuine Free Trial 
If it doesn’t satisfy you in 
every way fhe trial costs 
nothing. Don’t invest in any 
engine until you get our 
proposition. Write for it now.' 
THE MIDDLEDITCH ENGINE CO. 
29 Meldrum Ave., Detroit, Mich. 
Bigger Profits 
With This Power 
More work at less expense and less repair' 
cost than with any other engine made. Lotus'' 
prove it. Write for Free Leffel Book. You are no 
prepared to buy until you get our proposition. 
Leffel 
Steam 
Engines 
are the simplest, 
most durable, and 
economical power 
outfits made. Lar?e 
variety of uses. No 
breakdowns, no de¬ 
lays. Don’t decide 
on any outfit until 
you pet the LEFFEL 
FREE BOOK. 
Address 
James Leffel k Co. 
Box264 Springfield, 
loutshlnes city gas or electricity. Simple. 
Bnolseless, odorless, clean, safe, money-sav- 
llng. -Guaranteed. Write nearest office for 
1 catalogue M and learn how to get an 
j Aladdin Mantle Lamp FKEE. 
AfiFNTC T * H - ball sold sso 
on money back guarantee, 
1 not one returned. Stacey sold 12 In one hour. 
J Newsom Bold 12 in 10 calls. Gibson sold IS 
[in 6 days. Bedsits?If. NeededIneveryhome. 
[Our Sunbeam Burner fits other lamps. 
ICompleteline for homes, stores, etc. Ask 
Ifor our liberal agency proposition. 
I MANTLE LAMP CO. OF AMERICA, Dept. 40 
Bees Bt — Chicago, 111., Portland, Ore., tValerbury, Conn,, 
bulks, Tex., Winnipeg, Montreal, Canada 
I Electric Lights make the brightest, safest, 
cleanest and most reliable lighting «ystem 
known for farms and country homes. The 
Dayton Electric Lighting Outfits are low in 
i cost, easy to install, cost almost nothing to 
operate. Give you better lights than most city 
people enjoy. Write today for complete illui- 
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DAYTON ELECTRICAL MFQ. OO. 
231 St. Clair Street Dayton. Ohio 
Vacuum Gleaner Without Cost 
Write today for special introductory offer, telling 
how to secure a liigli-grade $14.00 Vacuum Cleaner, 
without cost. __ 
Home Supply Co. , Dept K, Scottsburg, N.Y. 
FARM FOR $2,500 " 
Sullivan County, New York State Farm in good 
state of cultivation, well fenced and watered; apple 
orchard, maple orchard, small fruit. Large 13-room 
house, large barn and wagon-house, granary and 
outbuildings. One mile from nost office, stores 
and State road; in the heart of the popular summer 
boarding section. It contains about 130 acres: to 
close the estate it will be sold for $2,500, less than * 
the cost of the buildings. It has been used as a 
and grain farm; creamery one mile. Address 
II, care Rural New-Yorker, 409 Pearl St., N.Y. 
dairy 
FAR 
CONSUMERS’ DOLLAR. 
Direct Sales. —A. J. Pierpont, a Con¬ 
necticut dairyman, runs a milk route. In 
order to dispose of his apples to good ad¬ 
vantage he sends out the following circular : 
APPLES APPLES APPLES 
MAPLE HILL FRUIT AND DAIRY FARM 
Has an orchard of 25 varieties of apples. 
A continuous supply from August 1 to Jan¬ 
uary 1. We are picking daily, and send a 
team to our customers twice a week. We 
wholesale in large quantities, but prefer to 
deliver direct to our milk customers, thus 
eliminating the peddler’s and retailer’s 
profits. We deliver in peach baskets. Price 
ranges from 25 cents to 75 cents per bas¬ 
ket, according to quality. We can fill your 
barrels with choice Winter apples from 
$1.50 to $3 per barrel. 
When interested in apples, leave a note 
with your name and address with your milk 
bottle, or phone 660 and our apple man will 
call on you in a day or two. 
Below this are a dozen small slips printed 
as follows : 
MAPLE HILL FRUIT AND DAIRY FARM 
Please send your apple man to 
M . 
You would be surprised to see how many 
people in your town would buy apples if 
you could reach them in this way. 
The Producer's Share. —The following 
clippings are taken from a Rochester, N. Y., 
paper. Here are the apple market prices : 
DOMESTIC GREEN FRUITS. 
New Y’ork—APPLES—In free supply, 
but trade shows slight improvement; finest 
stock occasionally commands a premium on 
quotations. PEARS—Fairly plenty and 
selling rather slowly. 
Apples—Alexander, per bbl.$2.50@3.50 
—Snow, per bbl. 1.50@2.75 
—Twenty Ounce, per bbl. 1.50@2.25 
—Dutchess, per bbl.2.00@3.00 
—Wealthy, per bbl. 2.00@2.75 
In the same paper is an advertisement 
in which the following offer is made: 
“Apples—Selected hand-picked apples, 
the Wealthy variety, a very choice table 
fruit, packed in one-third bushel handled 
baskets, each 59 cents.” 
You will see that this means $1.77 per 
bushel, or $5.31 per barrel. In these mar¬ 
ket quotations the cost of barrel, commis¬ 
sion and freight should he taken from the 
price. How much of the consumer’s dol¬ 
lar does- the apple grower get? 
Public Market in So. Bend, Jnd. —From 
the consumers’ standpoint the market is a 
success. It is well patronized, hut appar¬ 
ently the farmers are cutting prices unnec¬ 
essarily, frequently selling as low as or 
lower than the retail merchant would pay 
them. It has reduced the sales of the 
dealers so far that they are becoming very 
much exercised over what they at first con¬ 
sidered a huge joke. The city now contem¬ 
plates the purchase of property for the 
housing of a permanent market. For the 
man who has produce which must be sold 
every day it is not practicable, as he can¬ 
not sell on the market three days in the 
week and expect the dealers to buy his 
produce the other three. Personally I cater 
to the best trade, selling largely direct to. 
the consumer, mostly telephone orders, and 
realize much better prices on the strength 
of a reputation for honest pack and fair 
dealing. H. H. s. 
South Bend, Ind. 
The annual fruit and market gardeners’ 
show of Pennsylvania will be held at Du- 
quesne Garden, Pittsburgh. Prizes for fruit 
and vegetable displays will be numerous. 
All correspondence should be addressed to 
T. D. Harman, Jr., 110 Shady ave., Pitts¬ 
burgh, Pa. 
Oats Among Strawberries. 
I have tried sowing oats among straw¬ 
berry plants, between the rows at the last 
cultivation; that is, with us, in the begin¬ 
ning of September, and has been satisfactory. 
It will keep the mulch from blowing off 
and also holds snow, and by Spring it is 
always all dead and not interfering with 
the berry crop. I also noticed it will choke 
the weeds. A. g. w. 
Ephrata, Pa. 
The Question of “Cartage.” 
On all of my bills for produce shipped to 
commission men in New York City I am 
charged five to 10 cents cartage. Is it not 
a fact that a large part of those goods are 
sold on the docks or as they are unloaded 
from the cars, and are never handled by 
the commission men? If so, are they not 
obtaining money under false pretenses? 
Maryland. F. w. 
Yes; large quantities of produce are sold 
from cars and docks, but in many cases the 
sales are made, delivered, the delivery be¬ 
ing a concession given the buyer, and equiv¬ 
alent to a cut in price. No doubt there 
are dishonest commission men who take ad¬ 
vantage of this custom, and charge the 
shipper cartage when they have no right to, 
but it would be hard to prove this unless a 
witness were on hand, and the commission 
man’s book entries can easily be made so 
that no crookedness shows. This cartage 
item puzzles a good many people who do 
not understand labor conditions at the 
Port of New York. The truckmen’s and 
various freight handlers’ labor unions dom¬ 
inate this situation absolutely. They have 
made schedules of prices that must be 
charged for handling and hauling' various 
articles, and the commission men are 
obliged to charge their customers these 
prices or run the risk of a strike or tie-up. 
The unions demand access to the commission 
men’s books, where they suspect that the 
cartage has not been charged. Some dodge 
the rules and escape, hut most people do 
not relish a row with. these unions. 
T HERE is great warmth 
and comfort in the thick, 
soft Lambsdown fleece 
—there is two seasons’ service in 
every garment. 
Fleece-Lined Underwear 
Lambsdown is the reliable fleece-lined 
underwear. It is smooth and easy in 
fit and keeps the body warm and dry. 
Physicians pronounce it the great 
health underwear. 
Try Lambsdown. It will cut your underwear 
bills in two and double your comfort. 
For Men and Boys 
At your dealer’s. In Separate and Union 
Garments, at 50c, 75c and up. Look for the 
Bodygard Shield. It is your safeguard. 
Write for Bodygard Book No. 56 
UTICA KNITTING CO. 
Utica New York 
Makers of Bodygard Underwears, 
including Vellastic ., Twolayr, 
Springtex and Airyknit. 
DflYCAHO 
FARMS WANTED F ffl s 
We have a number of earnest people with moder¬ 
ate means wishing to buy good, productive farms 
costing between $2,000 and $4,000. with or without 
stock, within a radius of 200 miles of New York 
City. Ours is a philanthropic organization, and we 
make no charge to buyer or seller. Rock bottom 
prices must therefore be quoted. Send for blank. 
THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL AND INDUS¬ 
TRIAL AID SOCIETY, 177 Second Ave., New York. 
New F acts on Hay Presses 
We have just issued a new Free book on 
Presses. Besides facts you need to 
know, it tells about 
the reliable, reason¬ 
able-priced Hendricks 
—the Hay Press you 
have seen advertised 
for years, and know 
about. Send for it. 
HENDRICKS HAY PRESS CO.. Cornell ST.. Kingston. N.Y. 
Jo Your Own Jawing 
with a Lauson Frost King” saw 
rig—when it suits you —in less 
time, for less money than by hand. 
Then detach rig and. use engine to 
thresh, cut ensilage, grind feed, etc. Will 
soon pay for itself sawing wood for your¬ 
self or neighbors. After that it’s clear 
gain and better than money on interest. 
LAUSON “FROST KING” 
GASOLINE AND OIL ENGINES 
need little repair. So confident are we 
of this that we offer to send an expert 
anywhere at any time that occasion demands. Our 
v _ expert's time is iree always. “Frost 
King” engines are guaranteed to 
Satisfy or money back. You risk 
nothing. Easy- starting, 
runs perfectly in any 
weather, develops more 
than rated power. Fuel 
consumption low. Send 
for catalog and your deal- 
I er's name now. 
How to Judge 
How to Buy - a 
Gas Engine 
Gasoline Engines are not all alike— 
any more than people. Find out 
how lo get the kind you want ior a 
working companion—an engine 
, friend—one that will stand by you 
in cold weather and hot—one that will do its 
full share oi work and then some. These 
books will tell you. 
Sturdy Jack 
2 H. P. Pumper 
isa24houradayengine. Runs from 
sun to sun on a gallon of gasoline. 
Pumps a day’s ordinary supply of 
water for one cent. Does all the 
little power jobs around the farm. 
Lightens the work of every member 
of the family. Mounted on wheel 
truck. Can be moved to where 
the work is. Does not 
have to be propped up to 
be an engine. Air-cooled 
or hopper-cooled. 
Get catalogue. 
JACOBSON MACH. MFG. CO. 
OopL 0, Warren, Pa. 
Farm 
W HEN you buy the old reliable 
Sta-Rite Gasoline Engine, you 
get absolute freedom from battery 
troubles and expense Because 
the Sta-Rite has no batteries. 
Ignition is furnished by the mar¬ 
velous Sta-Rite Magneto which 
is built right in to and is mechan¬ 
ically a part of the cylinder 
No batteries to be renewed 
and no loose connections to 
stop the engine. 
T HE Guaranteed 
S 
The Sta-Rite Magneto has one wire 
only and throws a big fat spark abso¬ 
lutely regardless of speed of engine. And 
you'll get the same kind of spark in five 
years that you do the first day All the 
Sta-Rite Engines (except the I'h and 3V4 
horse power si 2 es) are now equipped with 
the Sta-Rite Magneto ignition and yel 
prices remain the same. Full particulars 
6ent for the asking if you mention this paper? 
Sta-Rife is un¬ 
questionably the simplest ( 
and strongest farm engine in 
America. Neat in design and strictly high-^^^ grade thru- 
out Always runs smoothly Carries its load without a murmur. 
Fully Guaranteed. Stays Right, Year After Year 
Because it is Made Right 
-because we positively will not build 
• cheap "bargain" engine 
!. ,our dealer cannot supply you. 
write for illustrated folder show¬ 
ing the complete Sta-Rite Line. 
Sta-Rite 
Engine Co. 
La Crosse, Wis. 
Arrow points to 
Sta-Rite Magneto 
S EE whether your wife doesn’t 
agree that it’s unwise to keep on 
paying wages for farm help, 
when this low-priced Perfection engine will 
do the work of three hired men. This standard 
Perfection kerosene portable engine is built in De¬ 
troit by experienced automobile engineers, and along lines 
Conceded by experts to be correct. The Perfection can be 
operated on any engine fuel, but it is the only successful engine 
that can be economically run with ordinary kerosene. With gaso- 
line prohibitively priced (from 6 to 16 cents more than kerosene) due 
to the great automobile demand, you will at once see the saving this Per¬ 
fection engine is to the thousands of owners all over the world. 
Principle of Standard Perfection Is Right 
^ When we adopted our present design of engine construction, we did so with the positive 
knowledge that we were right in all our convictions—the Perfectio n 
kerosene portable farm engine is standard in every particular and 
detail. In theory and practice, this engine is absolutely correct and re¬ 
liable. The Perfection draws the kerosene in a light mist through the 
carburetor, discharges it into the cylinder vaporized ? and having the same 
energy as gasoline. Kerosene will start in a cold cylinder and works fine 
in a hat one. Try this Perfection engine FREE for 15 day*—see It 
work with your own eyes—call on your dealer today or write us direct 
and receive our big Free Engine Book. 
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Before you buy any make of engine, write for free information. Lctonr engineers 
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PKIEF CONSULTING ENGINEER, 221 Second Ave., 
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